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U+9BF0, 鯰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BF0

[U+9BEF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9BF1]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 195, +8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火人戈心 (NFOIP), four-corner 28332, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46285
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4697, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+9BF0

Chinese

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trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (namazu).

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“catfish (fishes in order, especially Amur catfish”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Usage notes

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Commonly used for the catfish sense in written Chinese, due to the rarity of (nián).

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Glyph origin

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A 国字 (kokuji, Japanese-coined character),[1] using the radical on the left for its meaning of “fish”, and on the right for its phonetic value as a homophone of (nen, sticky; slimy).

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. a catfish

Readings

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  • Kan’yō-on: ねん (nen)ねん (nen, historical)ねむ (nemu, ancient)
  • Kun: なまず (namazu, )なまづ (namadu, , historical)

Etymology

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  on Japanese Wikipedia
鯰 (namazu): a biologist's depiction of a Amur catfish (Japanese catfish).
Kanji in this term
なまず
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Possibly from (nama, slippery, slimy, possible ancient alternate for name reading) +‎ (zu, head).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(なまず) or (ナマズ) (namazuなまづ (namadu)?

  1. an Amur catfish (Silurus asotus)

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN